Disability Discrimination – What you need to know

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Disability Discrimination What you need to know By: Marie Walsh On: 14 th July 2015 @ 13:00 Running in partnership with the CIPD North Yorkshire Branch FREE WEBINAR Starting Soon

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Disability Discrimination – What you need to know By: Marie Walsh On: 14th July 2015 @ 13:00

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Disability Discrimination 14th July 2015

Marie Walsh

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Disability ?

• Equality Act 2010

• Physical or mental impairment • Impairment must have substantial

adverse effects • Adverse effects on normal day to day

activities. • Long term.

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Legislation

• Covers – Employees, Contract Workers,

Partners and Office Holders

• Applies to recruitment, terms and conditions, promotions, transfers, dismissals and training.

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Types of Discrimination

• Direct • Indirect • Unfavourable treatment because of

something arising in consequence of a disability

• Failure to make Reasonable Adjustments • Harassment related to disability • Victimisation

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Direct Discrimination

• Section 13 EqA 2010

• Because of disability a person treats another less favourably than he/she would treat others

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Indirect Discrimination

• Section 6 and Section 19 EqA 2010

• A provision criterion or practice (PCP)

• C had a disability

• The PCP is applied to everyone

• The PCP puts or would put those with the Claimants disability at a particular disadvantage

• The PCP puts or would put the Claimant at that disadvantage

• PCP can not be justified by Respondent.

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Arising From …

• Section 15 EqA 2010

– Respondent treats Claimant unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of the Claimants disability

– Respondent can not show the treatment is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

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Reasonable Adjustments

• Section 20 EqA 2010

– Duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments to premises or working practices to help disabled job applicants and employees.

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Harassment

• Civil Claim. • Also under the EqA 2010 – section 26

• Unwanted conduct related to disability • Purpose or effect of violating Claimants

dignity or creating an intimidating hostile degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the Claimant

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Harassment Cont

• Taking into account C’s perception, circumstances of the case and whether its reasonable for the conduct to have that effect.

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Victimisation

• If the Employer subjects the employee to a detriment because he/she has don’t intends to do or is suspected of doing or indtending to do a protected act.

• Protected act are for example bringing proceedings under the EqA

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Questions

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